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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming%20%22the%20best%22/near/211889482" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> lzutao <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming.20.22the.20best.22.html#211889482">(Oct 01 2020 at 10:05)</a>:</h4>
<p><a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rustc-perf/pull/777">https://github.com/rust-lang/rustc-perf/pull/777</a><br>
<a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rustc-perf/pull/775">https://github.com/rust-lang/rustc-perf/pull/775</a></p>
<p>I don't know if they are students trying to contribute to OSS projects in weird ways.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming%20%22the%20best%22/near/211889658" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Lukas Wirth <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming.20.22the.20best.22.html#211889658">(Oct 01 2020 at 10:07)</a>:</h4>
<p>Those are PRs for hacktoberfest hence the "please don't mark as <code>invalid</code>"</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming%20%22the%20best%22/near/211889747" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> kennytm <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming.20.22the.20best.22.html#211889747">(Oct 01 2020 at 10:09)</a>:</h4>
<p>you could mark them <code>spam</code>, works the same <span aria-label="upside down" class="emoji emoji-1f643" role="img" title="upside down">:upside_down:</span></p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming%20%22the%20best%22/near/211889929" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Michael F. <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming.20.22the.20best.22.html#211889929">(Oct 01 2020 at 10:11)</a>:</h4>
<p>Well the digitalocean website (<a href="https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/">https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/</a>) states </p>
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<p>If a maintainer reports your pull request as spam or behavior not in line with the project’s code of conduct, you will be ineligible to participate.</p>
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<p>So this is definitely not the intended way of participating <span aria-label="grinning" class="emoji emoji-1f600" role="img" title="grinning">:grinning:</span></p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming%20%22the%20best%22/near/211890433" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> lzutao <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming.20.22the.20best.22.html#211890433">(Oct 01 2020 at 10:17)</a>:</h4>
<p><span class="user-mention silent" data-user-id="125254">kennytm</span> <a href="#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming.20.22the.20best.22/near/211889747">said</a>:</p>
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<p>you could mark them <code>spam</code>, works the same <span aria-label="upside down" class="emoji emoji-1f643" role="img" title="upside down">:upside_down:</span></p>
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<p>The PR pages don't show report button for PR body. We could go to the user page to report them,<br>
but neh, one more step.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming%20%22the%20best%22/near/211890687" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Lukas Wirth <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming.20.22the.20best.22.html#211890687">(Oct 01 2020 at 10:20)</a>:</h4>
<p>Simply labeling the PR as <code>invalid</code> suffices for it to not count</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming%20%22the%20best%22/near/211890767" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> lzutao <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming.20.22the.20best.22.html#211890767">(Oct 01 2020 at 10:21)</a>:</h4>
<p>only the maintainers have that permission. I could only report it here.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming%20%22the%20best%22/near/211896521" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> lzutao <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming.20.22the.20best.22.html#211896521">(Oct 01 2020 at 11:33)</a>:</h4>
<p>related blogpost: <a href="https://blog.domenic.me/hacktoberfest/">https://blog.domenic.me/hacktoberfest/</a></p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming%20%22the%20best%22/near/211937894" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Michael F. <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming.20.22the.20best.22.html#211937894">(Oct 01 2020 at 16:36)</a>:</h4>
<p>One repo just closed 12 Spam Pull-Requests that were created between 12 and 6 hours ago.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming%20%22the%20best%22/near/211938025" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Michael F. <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming.20.22the.20best.22.html#211938025">(Oct 01 2020 at 16:37)</a>:</h4>
<p>These spammers get really crazy right now</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming%20%22the%20best%22/near/211948356" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> oliver <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming.20.22the.20best.22.html#211948356">(Oct 01 2020 at 17:52)</a>:</h4>
<p>This one "fixes" the projects name: <a href="https://github.com/exercism/python/pull/2228/files">https://github.com/exercism/python/pull/2228/files</a></p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming%20%22the%20best%22/near/211949431" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> oliver <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming.20.22the.20best.22.html#211949431">(Oct 01 2020 at 18:00)</a>:</h4>
<p>DO responded: <a href="https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/hacktoberfest-update">https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/hacktoberfest-update</a></p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming%20%22the%20best%22/near/211994397" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Noah Lev <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming.20.22the.20best.22.html#211994397">(Oct 02 2020 at 01:07)</a>:</h4>
<p>I appreciate that we have a <code>spam</code> label that's description is literally "for marking spam during Hacktoberfest" <span aria-label="rolling on the floor laughing" class="emoji emoji-1f923" role="img" title="rolling on the floor laughing">:rolling_on_the_floor_laughing:</span></p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming%20%22the%20best%22/near/211994611" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> oliver <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming.20.22the.20best.22.html#211994611">(Oct 02 2020 at 01:11)</a>:</h4>
<p>I don't think that the levels of abuse developers are casually expected to 'just<br>
manage' could be any more tangible</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming%20%22the%20best%22/near/211994717" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Noah Lev <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming.20.22the.20best.22.html#211994717">(Oct 02 2020 at 01:13)</a>:</h4>
<p>Why did rustc-perf in particular receive these?</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming%20%22the%20best%22/near/211994800" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Noah Lev <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming.20.22the.20best.22.html#211994800">(Oct 02 2020 at 01:14)</a>:</h4>
<p>Maybe someone saw it and decided to make a PR and told their friends...</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming%20%22the%20best%22/near/212098277" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> oliver <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming.20.22the.20best.22.html#212098277">(Oct 02 2020 at 16:34)</a>:</h4>
<p>Not sure but if anyone feels like they're missing out I'd be happy to let them<br>
know they're awesome: <a href="https://github.com/jonniedie/SharedMATLABEngine.jl/pull/5">https://github.com/jonniedie/SharedMATLABEngine.jl/pull/5</a></p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming%20%22the%20best%22/near/212098801" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Dániel Buga <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming.20.22the.20best.22.html#212098801">(Oct 02 2020 at 16:38)</a>:</h4>
<p>If I were to do this, shipping costs for a t-shirt would probably get so high that I'd have to pay customs to my country. I can imagine better ways of wasting time and money. But wow, that "I'm 100% accepting this" response was just pure gold <span aria-label="rolling on the floor laughing" class="emoji emoji-1f923" role="img" title="rolling on the floor laughing">:rolling_on_the_floor_laughing:</span></p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming%20%22the%20best%22/near/212098990" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> apiraino <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming.20.22the.20best.22.html#212098990">(Oct 02 2020 at 16:40)</a>:</h4>
<p>to be honest I am saddened and I find this whole story unfortunate. Adding stress, burden and additional work on maintainers (often unpaid) for a ... tshirt? That's beyond my comprehension. The response from D.O. also left me unimpressed. But, well, this is the world we live in, I guess.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming%20%22the%20best%22/near/212127124" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Noah Lev <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming.20.22the.20best.22.html#212127124">(Oct 02 2020 at 20:49)</a>:</h4>
<p><span class="user-mention silent" data-user-id="250987">apiraino</span> <a href="#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming.20.22the.20best.22/near/212098990">said</a>:</p>
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<p>to be honest I am saddened and I find this whole story unfortunate. Adding stress, burden and additional work on maintainers (often unpaid) for a ... tshirt? That's beyond my comprehension. The response from D.O. also left me unimpressed. But, well, this is the world we live in, I guess.</p>
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<p>Same here :/</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming%20%22the%20best%22/near/212147397" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> DPC <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming.20.22the.20best.22.html#212147397">(Oct 03 2020 at 01:57)</a>:</h4>
<p>Update: <a href="https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/hacktoberfest-update">https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/hacktoberfest-update</a></p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming%20%22the%20best%22/near/212147402" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> DPC <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming.20.22the.20best.22.html#212147402">(Oct 03 2020 at 01:57)</a>:</h4>
<p>Tldr: only repositories which are opted in and prs that are merged will be considered</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming%20%22the%20best%22/near/212148904" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Noah Lev <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming.20.22the.20best.22.html#212148904">(Oct 03 2020 at 02:37)</a>:</h4>
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<p>We’ve traced the majority of this year’s spammy contributions back to a participant with a large online audience who openly encouraged their community to take part in spammy activities, including ideas on how to game the system. However, we know the spam issues go beyond this one example. This is an aspect of Hacktoberfest we have been working to improve since we started the program seven years ago.</p>
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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming%20%22the%20best%22/near/212285727" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Laurențiu <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/spamming.20.22the.20best.22.html#212285727">(Oct 05 2020 at 11:20)</a>:</h4>
<p>Nb. <code>spam</code> might not work: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24644640">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24644640</a>, <code>invalid</code> might be better</p>



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